For hams, there's two-way comm opportunities via linear transponders, FM to DSB repeaters, and digital links. For those just getting into satellites, there will be plenty of opportunities to hone your sat tracking skills!

AMSAT-UK and AMSAT-NL have their FUNcube-1 - a 1U cubesat that includes an educational beacon and 20 kHz wide linear transponder. More info at ...

Triton-1 is a 3U cubesat from Innovative Solutions In Space BV with a AIS (ship location service) radio science experiment. That project is expected to last about three months. THEN it will be reconfigured to U/V FM to DSB (like AO-16 mode) for amateur use. More info ...

CubeBug-2 is a 2U cubesat from the Argentinian Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation, INVAPS.E., Satellogic S.A., and Radio Club BarilocheIt is a technology demonstration mission, with digipeater and data downloads open after initial experiments. For more info ...

Sorry..this is not the Dnepr launch from Yasny on Nov 21st but about a launch the following day from Plesetsk. We do NOT expect to have any live video from the Dnepr launch but we may have a voice link to our Mission monitoring station at Bletchley Park.

We also hope to have live video streaming from our radio room there on the BATC webstream service. More details to follow next week!

The one thing I miss about satellites was working the old Soviet LEOs.

For me it was RS-12/13... I made VUCC (150 grids), worked 48 states (47 confirmed), numerous DX including Europe when the bird was in K mode... first worked it with nothing more than a Hustler vertical. MAN, what a bird!

The one thing I miss about satellites was working the old Soviet LEOs.

For me it was RS-12/13... I made VUCC (150 grids), worked 48 states (47 confirmed), numerous DX including Europe when the bird was in K mode... first worked it with nothing more than a Hustler vertical. MAN, what a bird!

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